MARION – Appalachian State University is proposing to begin a bachelor of social work degree program in January 2010 at McDowell Technical Community College.
Original Article: Meeting to discuss BSW degree at McDowell Community College (Asheville Citizen-Times)
WELLS - Several measures are being taken to help alternative high school students make the grade in college. Students at Fitzharris Alternative High School are enrolled in a college degree program offered in partnership with Bay Colleg.
Original Article: Bay Middle College gives students chance to succeed (The Escanaba Daily Press)
Former student Jessica Cody was found guilty Friday for stabbing two college students in a Water Street bar last September Cody was convicted of two counts of recklessly endangering safety The penalty carries a maximum of 10 years served for each count, totaling 20 years, half of which would be spent in incarceration Cody’s sentencing [...]
Three young men have been charged in connection with the March 1 death of a State University College at Geneseo student. Devin McClain, 21, of Mt. Morris, and Alex Stucki, 20 and Daniel Wech, 21, both of Geneseo, were arraigned on multiple charges …
Original Article: Three charged in Geneseo student death - Democrat and Chronicle
Margaret Wan and Zuzana Tomas received the Ramona W. Cannon Award in the College of Humanities for notable teaching. Wan, a professor in languages and literature, received the award for teaching excellence. Members of the awards committee sat in on …
Original Article: College gives teaching award to stduent, prof - Utah Chronicle
Stockton Unified School District has plans to open a new high school campus at San Joaquin Delta College, which is already home to Lodi Unifieds Middle College High School. The plan has received some resistance from faculty and parents of students …
Original Article: San Joaquin Delta College campus may host new high school - Lodi [...]
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette/STEVE KEESEE Jim Argue (right), chairman of the Arkansas Advanced Initiative for Math and Science, along with Gov. Mike Beebe, reported Monday that the first group of schools in the initiative had a 40 percent increase in …
Original Article: College-prep program spreading to 13 schools - Northwest Arkansas News
West Virginia University is unable to explain how 118 degrees were given to undergraduate and Executive Masters of Business Administration students between 1998 and 2007. The second report filed by the American Association of Collegiate Registrars …
Original Article: 118 West Virginia U. degrees remain unexplained - U-Wire.com
A senior art exhibit of works by Limestone College student Igor Moroz will open Wednesday, in Limestones A.J. Eastwood Library Gallery. The exhibit includes drawings, graphics, paintings, prints, ceramics and photography. An opening reception will …
Original Article: Exhibit by Limestone senior Moroz to open - Spartanburg Herald-Journal
Before picking Notre Dame, South Bend Washington senior Skylar Diggins was one of the countrys top high school girls basketball recruits. Still, while choosing a college, Diggins looked at more than just a schools coaching staff, history and other …
Original Article: Academics key for some prep stars in college pick - Indianapolis Star
As few as five short years ago, Patrick Kelley thought he knew what hed be doing for the rest of his work career. Like his father and grandfather before him, Kelley worked in a paper mill, spending his days on a winding machine churning out …
Original Article: Former Abitibi employees, AC alumni offering career advice [...]
The House has rejected a ban on the sale of realistic toy guns in Arkansas, days after the family of a boy shot and killed by West Memphis police demanded that his name be stripped from the legislation. The toy gun ban was defeated Monday as the …
Original Article: Toy gun sale restrictions fail in [...]
LANSING — Five universities and two partner hospitals, including ones in the Upper Peninsula and Southeast Michigan, will share $5 million to train nursing teachers to ease the state’s shortage. The money from the Michigan Nursing Corps program …
Original Article: $5 million Nursing Corps grant aims to ease shortage - Ludington Daily News
Tina Holst, a Mendon mother of three who is studying for an associate degree in early childhood education at Glen Oaks Community College, is the this year’s recipient of the 2009 Michigan Occupation Special Populations Association Outstanding Post-Secondary Student State Award. Holst was nominated for the honor by Karen Webber, special populations advisor at Glen [...]
Tenth-grader Britney Rochte gets homework assistance from older brother Devan, 17, as her mother, Lisa Schey, helps Dalton, 10, and Emily, 7, in the familys Parkland apartment. Britney is in the College Bound Scholarship Program, which guarantees …
Original Article: New incentive for college - Tacoma News Tribune